Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Nov 1, 2015
A 77 year-old man with asymptomatic microscopic hematuria underwent a cystoscopic examination, which identified a broad-based papillary tumor at the cervix of the bladder. Adenocarcinoma was detected in the biopsy specimen. MRI and CT examination sho...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Nov 1, 2015
A 76-year-old man underwent surgery for sigmoid colon cancer. The pathological finding was stage Ⅱ with a high-risk of recurrence (SI [bladder], l y0, v2, pN0, H0, P0, M0). He was treated with TS-1 as adjuvant chemotherapy. After the 1 course of chem...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Nov 1, 2015
BACKGROUND: It is considered difficult to perform laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer with T4b that is directly invades to adjacent organs. This retrospective study evaluated pT4b colorectal cancer in terms of the efficacy of laparoscopic surg...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Nov 1, 2015
A 76-year-old man presented with many bullous lesions and erythema over his whole body in August 2014. Blood examination showed an elevation of the anti-BP180 antibody (658 U/mL) and a biopsied specimen of the skin lesions showed subepidermal bulla. ...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Nov 1, 2015
This case involves a 76 year-old woman. A sigmoidectomy was performed for sigmoid colon cancer in August 2006. On histological examination, the cancer was shown to be tub2>tub1>por2, pSE, int, INF b, ly2, v0, pN0, p1 (Douglas), Stage Ⅳ. After surgery...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Nov 1, 2015
The patient was a 76-year-old woman who underwent laparoscopic-assisted low anterior resection for rectal cancer. According to the Japanese classification of colorectal carcinoma (8th Edition), the tumor was tub1, ly0, v0, and pStage Ⅰ (pT1bN0M0), Cu...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Nov 1, 2015
A 32-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with the complaint of epigastric pain. Gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a type 5 advanced gastric cancer at the posterior wall of the antrum. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) and endoscopic ...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Nov 1, 2015
A 72-year-old man underwent surgery for advanced gastric cancer. Systemic chemotherapy was started, using a regimen of S-1/CDDP for 4 courses, followed by 8 courses of S-1. Three years and 8 months after the surgery, abdominal CT demonstrated ascites...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Nov 1, 2015
BACKGROUND: Thrombocytosis in patients with cancer is reportedly associated with an increased expression of angiogenic factors and a poor prognosis in some cancer types. The aim of this study was to analyze the clinicopathological significance and pr...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Nov 1, 2015
A 68-year-old man diagnosed with type 0-Ⅰgastric cancer by gastrointestinal endoscopy underwent urgent distal gastrectomy due to a perforation during endoscopic submucosal resection. Pathological examination revealed pT3N2M0, pStage ⅢA. TS-1 was admi...